a baseball card celebration of the dodgers and the infield of my youth.

15 November 2012

more card blogging in real time

here's another same day 'mailbox to blog' post. just a few hours ago i opened the mail and now i have made use of the tiny demons that live inside the scanner to upload images onto the interweb. i picked up three 1956 topps cards recently, two of which were upgrades. first, the hero of game 7 of the 1955 world series, johnny podres

this is the podres card that i had before

pretty rough.

the lot also included a 1956 topps pee wee reese card, showing the captain turning two

i wanted a second copy of the card for my double play binder. i am hoard-ish that way.

the other upgrade card was a 1956 topps don zimmer

way nicer than the one i previously had in my dodger binder. actually, the beat up copy is still in my dodger binder because i haven't even bothered to put these cards away yet. that's how quickly i am bringing them to the blogosphere!

i also received my 1958 topps koufax today.

it's off center, and there is a hashtag mark on the back by the card number, but it was cheap and in good enough condition for me. i just need sandy's 1956 topps card and i will have run the koufax table. that is crazy talk, but it's true. my 8-year old self would never have believed it.

finally, i got another ttm auto back in the mail today. this one is former royals' catcher john wathan.

i sent this card to wathan on may 5th. 2011. yes, 18 months! super unexpected return. i am very happy when this sort of thing happens. and thank goodness for 'forever' stamps!

upgrades and sandy and ttm success - not a bad mailday. who knows what the mail might bring tomorrow? whatever it is, you might see it tomorrow night.

let's trade

click it - you will be rewarded! for trading, not clicking.

let's trade, part 2

i collect dodgers cards, any and all cards featuring steve garvey, ron cey, dave lopes or bill russell, all topps cards of the players who were featured in the 1978 topps set as dodgers, cards featuring dodger stadium, o-pee-chee variations, cards showing memorial patches and/or armbands, and cards showing the double play turn at second base. i am also currently working on my 1971 topps set. i have a lot of cards to trade!